#3705 · 🪽 dragonflies & damselflies

Lesser Emperor

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke Keizerlibel ·Anax parthenope

LCleast concern 🪽 Dragonflies & damselflies 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © clicque · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Alessandro Nardotto · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Castricum, Nederland:© floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Anerveen, Overijssel, NL:© ggroen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Castricum, Nederland:© floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Verkavelingsweg, Anerveen, Overijssel, NL:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
10. Prins Alexander, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Anax parthenope , the lesser emperor , is a dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 94iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,686iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 94 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #44 most seen of the dragonflies & damselflies in NL.
7,686 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edmond de Selys Longchamps in 1839 (187 years ago).